in the world. that invention may work with paper, but what about the cardboard that floods through our doors as retail shifts online? do we really need it? this is one household's box mountain afterjust a couple of months. we're simply consuming too much stuff. it's a terrible habit, we've got to kick it. roger harrabin, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. good afternoon. this time last week we were still in shock by reaching the first a0 degrees temperature, not just the first a0 degrees temperature, notjust in one or two spots, but in several locations. it was hot by day but also very warm as well through the night with temperatures not

falling much lower than 25 celsius. what is known as a tropical night. but have a look at how fickle the weather is at the moment. in actual fact, first thing this morning these were the kind of temperatures we had with temperatures in low, single figures from scotland down to 0xfordshire. because high pressure is here at the moment, but it is actually allowing the airflow to come from the north and with clear skies, those temperatures fell away. we have more in the way of cloud developing as we speak and act like a trigger off a few showers through this afternoon. no showers will gradually drift their way and steadily northwards, they will be very hit and miss so not many seeing them. the temperatures will be disappointing, perhapsjust below disappointing, perhaps just below parfor disappointing, perhaps just below par for the disappointing, perhapsjust below par for the time of year. top temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and thatis temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and that is 72 fahrenheit. as we go through this evening and overnight, we will see more organised showers moving out of north wales, across northern england and the isle of man

and into northern ireland. quite a lot of cloud around and the wind is changing direction so those temperatures are likely to hold up into double figures. tomorrow we have the showery rain, drifting its way steadily north and it is very hit and miss. way steadily north and it is very hitand miss. more way steadily north and it is very hit and miss. more cloud around tomorrow but the wind direction changing to a southerly and that is going to introduce something that little bit warmer. we could see temperatures peaking at around 23, maybe 2a degrees with sunshine tomorrow. then as we move out of thursday towards friday, on the whole, a southerly wind will take over. there is a weather front starting to put into the far north—west but friday is likely to see the best of the drier, brighter and warmer days throughout the week with light winds and a little more sunshine coming through, we could see temperatures widely into the low 20s, may be peaking at 27 degrees in the far south—east. but yes, rain in the far south—east. but yes, rain in the forecast. not for all of us but i can offer your much—needed gardens

and for the farmers some welcome rain across scotland, northern ireland, northern england and parts of wales. however, that rain is never going to reach the far south and east, unfortunately. in fact, into the weekend we see more sunshine and more warmth continuing here, but they will be rain in the forecast and just that little bit fresher further north and west. that's all from the bbc news at one. so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon, i'm austin halewod with your latest sports news. 0n the eve of the commonwealth games, english sprinter dina asher—smith has announced that she won't be competing in birmingham. the former 200 metre world champion says she's pulling out because of a light hamstring tear. asher—smith, who won a bronze medal

at the world championships last week in the united states, was running mfor gb in the a—by—i relay, when she sharply pulled up with what looked like a hamstring injury. well, asher—smith returned home on sunday for a scan. and unfortunately her fears were confirmed. in a post on social media she said: not long to wait — the opening cermeony for the games is tomorrow. now to the euros and a tv audience of more than nine million watched england's women thrash sweden a—0 at bramall lane last night, to book their place in sunday's final at wembley. after a cagey opening half an hour, the lionesses roared into action.

first of all thanks to beth mead, she opened the scoring and england never really looked back. lucy bronze doubled their lead in the second half, before alissia russo�*s fabulous back heel — one of the standout moments of the game — made it 3—0. and then fran kirby added a fourth, to confirm england's place in the final on sunday. what a night it was for english football. well, the former arsenal and england striker ian wright spoke to bbc sport about the importance of batting away negativity and the impact the lionesses�* success will have on young girls around the country. you're never going to not get the negativity from people. i saw a wonderful quote of someone saying don't worry about the dinosaurs screaming at the meteor. the women's game is here to stay and what we are seeing with these ladies underwear they are inspiring everybody is that nothing is going to stop it. i love

it, i hope they can finish it off simply because they deserve to end all those heroes, the mums, dads, the brothers, the uncles, all those people who had to take those girls all over the countryjust people who had to take those girls all over the country just to people who had to take those girls all over the countryjust to try people who had to take those girls all over the country just to try and get to play football, they must be sitting there so proud of what is happening at moment. when you consider there is only 63% of girls who have the same access as boys to football, this is why i'm hoping that by 2020 for what the fa and barclays are doing is making sure it can happen every school, that 100% of girls can get the opportunity to play football. so the big question now is,who who will england face in the final? well, they don't have long to wait to find out. germany take on france at stadium mk at eight o'clock tonight, in the second semifinal. the germans are the most successful team in the history of the competition having won it on eight previous occasions. but they'll be without winger klara buhl for the game — she's out after testing positive for covid—i9. as for france, they've already made

history by reaching the semis. they are unbeaten in 18 matches, but theyve never made it past the quarterfinals before, and the nation are still yet to win a major trophy in the women's game. you can watch that match from 7:30 tonight on bbc one. and there's just one other football line to bring you, in the men's game. manchester united have signed defender lisandro martinez from ajax in a deal worth £57 million. united boss erik tenhaag signed the argentina international during his time at ajax and he was clearly keen to be re—united. he arrives at old trafford on a five—year deal. that's all the sport for now. more sports news on a busy period

for sport right now and more coming up for sport right now and more coming up in the next hour. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. let's look at some other stories here this afternoon. it's almost a year since the taliban retook power in afghanistan and resistance forces — loyal to the previous government — are fighting an insurgency. at the moment — clashes are limited to a handful of areas long known for anti—taliban sentiment and the group dismisses the threat posed by them. but resistance forces are behind the most sustained clashes afghanistan has seen over the past year. secunder kermani was given rare access to one of the areas where they've been active — the andarab valley. out on patrol. the taliban are now more powerful than they've ever been. more powerful than the old afghan government ever was.

but in this scenic part of the country, they're facing a resistance movement. a small band of guerrillas led by former army soldiers is launching attacks here in andarab as well as in neighboring panjshir province, where they recently managed to bring down a taliban helicopter. it's hard to get a sense of the true scale of the fighting. the resistance exaggerate their strength, whilst the taliban outright deny their presence. translation: you can see yourself, we only have a small— military presence here. there are no problems. i was told of at least one ambush on a taliban vehicle in this valley. that was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains and now there is nothing. elsewhere in this province, resistance fighters managed to take

over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they're the ones in charge. from what we've seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that's presumably why they're happy for us to have visited. but they're also accused of committing serious human rights abuses in trying to stamp out this resistance movement. relatives told us villagers abdul hashim and nur rullah were detained and killed after wrongly being accused of attacking the taliban. these are the dead bodies of a doctor and five members of his family murdered last year. relatives allege he was targeted for treating members of the resistance. earlier this year, another doctor was also killed. i've been told of two doctors in andarab who were killed, four young men who were killed

after being detained. we've spoken to people who knew them. eyewitnesses, they say they were arrested and then shot. translation: there was one doctor who was killed at his home _ that was due to some personal feud. as for people being taken out of their homes, detained, bound and then killed, we totally refuse this. yes. if there is a clearance operation in an area and someone violently resists the government forces, they will be killed or arrested. that happens everywhere in the world. accompanied by taliban fighters at all times, it was hard to gauge what locals really think. many we contacted secretly strongly oppose the taliban, but some also criticised the resistance forces. we managed to speak to one

of their commanders. surely there's no actual chance of you defeating the taliban. so what's the point in continuing the violence? translation: our fight - is forjustice, for brotherhood equality and for the real islam, not the islam of the taliban, which defames the religion. 0urfight is for the rights of our sisters. the prophet muhammad said education is compulsory for both men and women. the taliban's insurgency over the past two decades was in part fueled by anger at aggressive raids and the killing of civilians by international forces and the afghan army. here in andarab and the surrounding areas, despite recruiting some locals, many see the taliban as outsiders, and they risk repeating the same mistakes as their old opponents. sekunder kermani, bbc news, andarab.

security experts in south africa have raised alarm about rampant gun violence. this follows a spate of killings in bars in recent weeks in that country which left at least 25 people dead in one weekend in various mass shootings. pumza fihlani looks at the country's increasing gun violence problem and what is being done to rid criminals of unlicensed firearms. gunshot late on in sunday night in a bar outside pretoria... gunshot a shooting at a tavern packed with people. one of many incidents like it in south africa in this month alone. that same weekend, a group of armed men stormed into a bar in soweto, opened fire and disappeared into the night. i6 people were killed. the people here told us gun violence is all too common. every night they are shooting, shooting, every day. but this is not a new problem.

or even unique to soweto. in cape town, dying by the gun has become the norm with communities besieged by gun violence for many years. 23 people are killed with guns in south africa every day, up from 18 people six years ago. that is a 25% increase. but these are notjust numbers. leslie's son, rory, was shot during a night out with friends. it's been seven years since his death, but the violence continues. rory would often tell his dad that he had dodged bullets or ran home because there is fighting, so it definitely wasn't a safe space to be. rory�*s murderer was never prosecuted, the case dismissed because of an administrative error. many experts agree that illegal firearms are a major problem in south africa.

researchers say some come in from neighbouring zimbabwe and even mozambique through organised crime networks. ironically, scores of handguns and rifles go missing in the care of state security departments like the army and the police, and find their way into the hands of criminals. this criminologist professor says south africa's ties with violence run deep. you just can't ignore our country's past. i mean, the apartheid system itself was very violent and very brutal. many communities, they had to respond also in an armed manner. while there have been renewed calls for a gun—free south africa, gun lobbyists say that's not the solution. the police say they are doing something about the problem. over the last ten years, they've found 70% of missing guns and say these have been destroyed.

forfamilies robbed of those they love by gun violence, the solutions are coming too slowly. the headlines on bbc news: it's time to look at some of the other stories making the headlines from our newsrooms across the uk. most adults in wales will be invited for dental checkups once a year as a result of a shake—up announced by the welsh government. the new chief dental officer says the change will make it easierfor dental officer says the change will make it easier for people to see an nhs dentist, freeing up ii2,000 nhs places a year by the british dental association in wales says the change is based on empty sound bites and misleading numbers and that what is

really needed is more dentists. 0ur health correspondent has the story. since the early days of the nhs, the message has been clear, unless we see our dentist regularly, we could end up with big problems. the dental health of children and adults, generally speaking, is much better now than in the i950s with rates of tooth decay and gum disease much lower, but that's not to say there aren't huge challenges now. too many people cannot find an nhs dentist in the first place. this surgery in swansea is similar to dozens across wales. it was established in the �*505 wales. it was established in the �*50s but these days it is inundated with calls from people trying to sign up. with calls from people trying to sin u -. ., , with calls from people trying to sin u. .,, with calls from people trying to sin u-. .,, ., with calls from people trying to sin-nu. ., with calls from people trying to si..nu_ ., . sign up. people call from as far as newort sign up. people call from as far as newnort saying — sign up. people call from as far as newport saying they _ sign up. people call from as far as newport saying they have - sign up. people call from as far as newport saying they have called l sign up. people call from as far as| newport saying they have called 65 different practices that day and cannot find a dentist. i've had people call ten, 20 different people

call id looking for a dentist. i wish i could take them alone but we don't have the space in our practice. don't have the space in our practice-— don't have the space in our ractice. ., , ., ., practice. partly in an effort to free u- practice. partly in an effort to free up more _ practice. partly in an effort to free up more places, - practice. partly in an effort to free up more places, the - practice. partly in an effort to l free up more places, the welsh government says most of us should expect to be invited for a checkup every year rather than every six months. it's estimated that change could release ii2 months. it's estimated that change could release 112 thousand nhs places, but there will be six monthly checkups for under 18s but some argue the figures will not add up some argue the figures will not add up if the people taking up new places need a lot of care because they haven't seen a dentist for so long. it they haven't seen a dentist for so lonu. . , they haven't seen a dentist for so lon. _ ., , , they haven't seen a dentist for so lonu. . , , , ., ., long. it has been brought together in a rush and _ long. it has been brought together in a rush and the _ long. it has been brought together in a rush and the products - long. it has been brought together in a rush and the products have - long. it has been brought together l in a rush and the products have been put out of the practice without these numbers and figures are going to work. —— without knowing. i5 these numbers and figures are going to work. —— without knowing. is the to work. -- without knowing. is the s stem to to work. -- without knowing. is the system to stretch _ to work. -- without knowing. is the system to stretch to _ to work. -- without knowing. is the system to stretch to carry - to work. -- without knowing. is the system to stretch to carry on - to work. -- without knowing. is the system to stretch to carry on and i to work. -- without knowing. is the system to stretch to carry on and isj system to stretch to carry on and is this rationing by another name? if i

don't assess to a patient i don't need _ don't assess to a patient i don't need to— don't assess to a patient i don't need to see you for 12 months, that's_ need to see you for 12 months, that's their_ need to see you for 12 months, that's their professional opinion based _ that's their professional opinion based on — that's their professional opinion based on a very careful analysis of the patient. we should be really pleased — the patient. we should be really pleased to hear that message being -iven pleased to hear that message being given as _ pleased to hear that message being given as a _ pleased to hear that message being given as a patient. therefore it will release more capacity to see the patients unidas. the will release more capacity to see the patients unidas. the shortage of nhs dental places _ the patients unidas. the shortage of nhs dental places is _ the patients unidas. the shortage of nhs dental places is not _ the patients unidas. the shortage of nhs dental places is not a _ nhs dental places is not a new phenomenon but the key question is, or seeing our dentists less frequently ease the strain or does it simply show there aren't enough dentists in the first place? environmental activists in bristol have been letting car tyres down across the city. a group calling itself tyre extinguishers has been leaving notes on suvs and a by as saying the vehicles are a climate threat. avon and somerset police now say they're treating the activity as criminal damage. here's sabet chaudhury. what did they do to your tyres?

salim's car was one of 60 targeted in the redland area of bristol. the note left on the windscreen telling him not to be angry and not to take it personally. this is not a axa, this is not a huge car, and how do you know that we are unsafe? tyre extinguishers say suvs and axas are a climate threat with higher emissions as well as being a danger on the roads. they're even critical of electric and hybrid cars, which they say are polluting and cause congestion. the group only wanted to be interviewed with their faces masked and voices disguised, an offer we turned down. instead, we took a statement from their website where they say that their "action is necessary because politicians have shown they will not act and that nobody is coming to save us", adding that, "we must end this pollution ourselves." but on their twitter page, as you'd expect, there is a mixture

of anger and support with some people praising tyre extinguishers' work and hailing them as heroes, while others point out that people with disabilities may need larger cars to store a wheelchair and might be targeted despite having a blue badge. there's also concerned that a flat tyre might delay a doctor or someone in the emergency services. and that's exactly what happened to rachel thomas, who's a gp. parked behind me was an aston martin db9 that hadn't had its tyres deflated. there was an ancient van there whose emissions were definitely going to be far worse than my car and that hadn't been touched. and then down the road, a fully electric suv and a hybrid suv had their tyres let down. we're treating it as criminal damage. for most people, there is a cost to repair their vehicle so it is usable again and i suppose our concern

is if someone was to drive a vehicle without realising their tyres have been deflated, it could have much more serious consequences, so we're trying to encourage people to report it to us if they've had their tyres deflated and we will make inquiries to try and track down the offender. tyre extinguishers want a ban on suvs in urban areas as well as a massive investment in free public transport, but for some, their methods of achieving this go too far. ferry staff have begun a series of 2a—hour strikes on crossings between southampton and the isle of wight. up to 120 red funnel staff have walked out in a row over pay, with more action expected over 11 dates in august. shelley phellps reports. first—class service, second—class pay... the first of many more days of protest over pay. unite the union says the rising cost of living left staff unable

to accept a a.5% pay offer. these are low—paid members and they are feeling the pinch and so obviously want a company who they see as a wealthy company to be able to meet their demands for a cost—of—living increase. kimberly gibbs works in the terminal, but used to work on the ferries. you do have to be involved in protecting people, looking after their lives. you need to be trained to be able to save them if anything goes wrong. and so it would be nice to be paid more than minimum wage in those instances. red funnel says it's working hard to minimise disruption for passengers. 0n staff pay, it says it has made a fair and reasonable offer and that pay increases must be in line with what the business and customers can sustain. it says the coronavirus pandemic was a difficult time and that business needs to manages recovery. so what do passengers think? luckily enough, we haven't been affected by it, but i do understand why they're doing it. quite difficult to get

there and we just realised right now that it's maybe not possible. a reduced service is still operating on the car ferry, while the red jet passenger foot service is unaffected. shelley phelps, bbc south today, southampton. if you fancy a serving of nostalgia, then you're in luck, as the bbc is opening up its archives to celebrate its 100th year. 0ne hidden gem that's been unearthed is a local news report, from 1988, of a newly opened, family—run ice cream parlour in the cheshire town of nantwich. well, more than 30 years later our reporter phil cunliffe has been to get the scoop on how they're all getting on. a lazy day is out of the question for the cows down on park farm in nantwich. the 160 friesians and jerseys... ..are central to an award—winning

business, which their owners are determined to milk. watching their younger selves back 3a years after martin henfield's report into their ice—cream making venture, entrepreneurs chris and cheryl sadler. we look so young! i was. you were! it was such a big deal. the tv coming, we were just getting going... - yes, and we had people up buying ice cream... nine o'clock the next morning. yeah... there was someone waiting who'd come from manchester direction. _ and it doubled our takings, it sort of put us on the map, didn't it, really? there's bound to have been some spilt milk along the way, but the snugbury story, thankfully, has never turned sour. today, the brand is well—known throughout cheshire — mainly for creamy desserts, but also for these giant straw structures that attract passers by. well, this is the place that most people associate with snugburys — this is the famous ice—cream parlour. everything sold here is made on site. it attracts more than a00,000 people every year — and with good reason.

i'll leave the shot of someone slavering over an ice cream to hannah — chris and cheryl's eldest, who was just two years old when she was filmed by north west tonight. and this is hannah today. she now runs the business full—time, along with her sisters, kitty and cleo. so mum and dad have since retired. they've very much left us to it, which is brilliant. but every now and again, for a bit of wisdom, we do go back to them. when my parents first started literally making in the mixer and freezing into little containers of ice cream, we can now be running off three tonnes of ice cream a day, so there's a huge change between 1986 and today. kitty, you've not seen this yet, have you? all: no. here we go, then. enjoy. thank you! we make a blend and then we flavour it. so that's our basic mix — it's very rich mix. they laugh she sounds... all: ..so different. she looks so young. amazing. loved it! 0h!

wow! i want to watch it again! bring us another one! "bring us another one!" but will customers still be saying the same of their ice—cream delights in the future? who doesn't love ice cream? it's at the happy end of everything. you know, break up with a boyfriend — have some ice cream. with a boyfriend — have some ice cream! it works. she laughs now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. hello. just over a week ago, we were talking extreme heat by day and night with temperatures in many places not falling below the low 20s, but first thing this morning, what a difference — low single figures to greet us, quite widely across the country, and the reason being that high pressure is dominating, but we had clear skies allowing those temperatures to fall away and the wind source was coming from the north so that meant

a cooler start for many. generally, it's going to be a fresher feel through the day today. there will be some cloud developing as well into the afternoon, that could just trigger off a few fairly isolated and well—scattered showers. top temperatures generally ranging from ia—22 celsius, that's just below par, really, for this time of year. this evening and overnight, we will see more organised showers moving out of north wales into the north of england, drifting their way steadily northwards. more cloud through the night tonight so temperatures will hold up widely into double figures. tomorrow morning, we're going to see some showers into northern ireland, northern england, gradually pushing across the borders into scotland. a fair amount of cloud generally through thursday, but the high pressure is drifting east and the wind direction is changing to a little bit more of a southerly so perhaps a degree oi’ so warmer for many through the course of the day. top temperatures ia—23 celsius

and as the high pressure continues to push its way steadily east into friday, warmer still. however, this weather front will start to bring a strengthening wind and the risk of some rain later on in the day, but there will be lots of sunshine with those light winds coming through. dragging up and tapping into that warm air across the near continent at the moment, temperatures perhaps peaking in central and southern england into the mid to high 20s, but there will be some wetter weather gradually pushing into the far north and west. that is going to continue to be an issue for the start of the weekend, so a bit of a north—south divide developing as we move into the weekend. breezy and wetter at times in the far north, but the rain never really getting into southeast england and east anglia, with temperatures here once again into the mid 20s.

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines. disruption as the latest rail strikes across the uk mean only 20% of train journeys are going ahead. i'm at euston station in london, normally the sixth busiest in the country but today it certainly doesn't feel that way. what few services that are already beginning to wind down for the day. england's a—0 thrashing of sweden, the top ranked team at the women's euros. they thrashed sweden a—0. the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends were physically and sexually abused at school in the 1970s. the edinburgh academy has apologised to anyone who was abused there. a group of mps has called for benefit deductions to be paused.

the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people